Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

Major General Douglas, commander of the Rainbow Division, is now in a dilemma.

Douglas did not have the courage to refuse MacArthur and ordered his troops to attack the island in depth. As a result, not only the troops were lost, but his men were also surrounded by the Japanese. This was a great shame and humiliation.

Douglas wanted to take revenge, but did not have the strength to do so. The Rainbow Division was short of troops and might suffer more serious losses if it continued to attack, but retreating to the beach would have even worse consequences. The officers and soldiers of the Rainbow Division were full of energy to take revenge.

Even in the last World War, the Rainbow Division had never suffered such great humiliation when it faced the Germans.

Americans have different attitudes toward Germans and Japanese.

The United States needs Germany to break the monopoly of Britain and France on the colonies. There are still many German immigrants in the United States, so the United States' attitude towards Germany has always been ambiguous. That is, the attitude of the Americans became firm only after the Russians won the battle to defend Moscow.

Otherwise, it is hard to say which side the United States will join.

The United States has a very consistent attitude toward Japan. In modern times, it was Americans who opened the door to Japan. Japan received a lot of compensation through several wars, but in the end most of it was pocketed by Americans. The Japanese only wanted to make money from Americans.

If you can rely on women's skin to do business, Americans will look down on other things...

Oh, that’s not right. Japan’s raw silk exports are pretty good. The United States and Europe have a huge demand for Japanese raw silk. This is one of the few profitable businesses in Japan.

Before the outbreak of the world war, the Americans sucked the blood of the Japanese by relying on export resources. The Japanese expanded in East Asia desperately, and their heads were broken and bloody. Everything they stole turned into old steel from the United States. Japan is like the United States.

I am a long-term laborer who has worked hard for decades. Although I have saved some money, I find that I still owe American mortgage and car loans. When will this continue?

The dog jumped over the wall when he was anxious.

When Americans look at Japan, they probably look at it like their own dogs.

Now that the dog has bitten its owner, the American mentality is completely out of balance and they want to hang him up, kill him and eat his meat.

On June 4, Douglas went to see William, hoping that the Big Red Division could cooperate with the Rainbow Division.

"Don't be stupid Mike, we only have 30,000 people now and we have no ability to occupy the entire Mindoro Island unless there are more reinforcements or help from southern Africans." Major General William disagreed. He would rather disobey MacArthur's order.

He is also unwilling to let his soldiers take risks.

The key is that the effort and reward are not directly proportional.

If the First Red Division and the Rainbow Division could meet MacArthur's requirements with all their strength, then they would have to admit it even if they suffered heavy losses. Major General William still understood the principle of not being in charge of troops.

The problem is that it can't be done.

MacArthur wanted to fulfill his promise at the cost of the life of an American soldier.

Major General William had no commitment to the Filipinos. He was responsible for the officers and soldiers of his own Red Division.

Of course, William is not doing nothing. In the past few days, William has been busy stabilizing the defensive position. The beachhead with a lot of automatic firepower is impregnable and the attack is weak. At least he can protect himself.

"William, we can't rely on southern Africans for everything." Douglas looked at the map in front of him. The Stars and Stripes representing the US military still only occupied a small corner of Mindoro Island.

The tricolor flag representing the southern African army is steadily advancing towards Manila.

The southern African landing point on Luzon Island is less than 100 kilometers away from Manila.

Unlike the US troops trapped on the beach, after the southern Africans landed, they were gradually advancing towards Manila, using the East Indian Army as an arrow.

Luzon Island is the core of the Japanese defense in the Philippines. The Japanese army has deployed more than 300,000 defense troops on Luzon Island. The difficulties faced by the southern African army are much higher than those of the US military.

Angel has more troops under his command. So far, two Marine brigades and two Southern African Army divisions have landed on Luzon Island.

There are more East Indian troops. More than 7 divisions of East Indian troops have landed on Luzon Island, with a total strength of about 130,000.

Look at East India.

Let’s look at the Philippines.

They are both servant armies, and the contrast is too stark.

William was embarrassed to say something. He didn't know what MacArthur had done in the Philippines over the years to cause the Filipinos to be so alienated and have no feelings for the mother country.

That's not right, it's not that there's no emotion, there's no gratitude, there's just hatred.

Otherwise, the Filipinos would not work so hard to help the Japanese.

"Our patrol force captured several Filipinos. They told us that there are less than 20,000 Japanese troops on the island. As long as we find the main force of the Japanese, we will definitely be able to defeat them." Douglas is confident, although there are also many novices in the US military. , but it has an overall advantage in terms of weapons.

"Then the question is, how do we find the main force of the Japanese army?" William smiled bitterly. With the current strength of the US military, it was simply unable to undertake combat missions alone. However, it happened to meet MacArthur, who was so happy with his success, and he was completely disappointed.

In comparison, the Allied forces faced the same problem in Luzon.

Angel's way of solving the problem was simple and crude. After the troops landed on Luzon Island, they began to advance towards Manila, forcing the main force of the Japanese army to fight decisively.

For the Japanese, Manila must be defended. Once Manila is lost, the Japanese army will lose confidence and be completely defeated.

In the port of Manila, there are still two aircraft carriers of the United Fleet.

These two aircraft carriers were not completely sunk, they were just sunk in the port. If Southern Africa occupied Manila, they would definitely salvage these two aircraft carriers and publicize them, which would have a negative impact on Japan's international image and the morale of its domestic people. critical hit.

The Japanese base camp has issued an order to completely blow up the two aircraft carriers into parts once the situation becomes irreversible. Those two aircraft carriers must not be left to the Southern Africans.

Anqi Gu does not care about the aircraft carrier. If he wants to capture the Japanese "Yamato", he will drag the "Yamato" back to southern Africa to use it as the flagship of the Indian Ocean Fleet, or the flagship of the home fleet.

If you think about it this way, "Yamato" and "Musashi" are not divided enough. The Japanese had better build another one, so that the three major fleets can be evenly matched.

The first unit to set off for Manila was the 3rd East India Division.

The Third East India Division is one of the earliest army units established in East India. This unit is well-equipped and its equipment level is on par with the Southern African Army. It has everything except night vision goggles and other high-end equipment.

The training level of the Third Division is also good. Most of the officers have experience working in the Umbrella Company. Starting about ten years ago, East India has been one of the important sources of Umbrella mercenaries. About 60,000 people have worked in the Umbrella Company.

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The commander of the Third East India Division, Li Anping, and the chief of staff, Huang Xiumin, both graduated from the Nyasaland Army Academy. The Nyasaland Army Academy has long been offering crash courses for middle- and senior-level officers for soldiers from Southern African Union countries. Li Anping and Huang Xiumin are both graduates.

Graduates of this class have many friends in the southern African military.

Like the Southern African Defense Force, the Third East India Division is equipped with a large number of tanks and vehicles, which brings a lot of trouble to the Third Division's operations. The transportation conditions in the Philippines are also not good. There is not even a decent road between Calatagan and Manila.

There are no roads, and the tanks of the Third Division cannot enter the rugged mountain roads and can only advance hard along the plains of the coastal areas.

"Why don't we just attack the mainland in Mani? The Japanese have no ability to stop us." Li Anping was unhappy. The 3rd Division's advance was very slow. It only advanced less than ten kilometers on the first day and was almost repairing while repairing.

Walk along the road.

"The headquarters wants to draw out the main force of the Japanese and annihilate them in one fell swoop. I don't want to be like the Indians, playing hide-and-seek with the Japanese in the Malay Peninsula." Huang Xiumin was wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and shiny long-leg military boots.

Mudidian, there had just been a heavy rain, and the troops were forced to camp on the spot. If they continue at this rate, they will not be able to reach Manila in half a month.

The weather in the tropics is unpredictable. It was cloudless one moment, then suddenly it turns violent and rainy, and it may reach the level of a heavy rainstorm in a short period of time. After a while, it turns rainy and the sky clears up again.

This is all trivial. What I am most afraid of is the typhoon.

When a typhoon comes, all the buildings on some small islands will be blown down, century-old trees will be uprooted, crops will be lost, and sometimes it will even cause tsunamis, which is even more devastating.

When the East Indies was first established, many southern Africans were keen to buy islands in the East Indies.

The enthusiasm of southern Africans soon faded. The scenery of the islands in East India is indeed very good. There are enough islands to buy in the country of ten thousand islands, and the prices are indeed very cheap. However, many of the islands are uninhabited and are not unsuitable for human habitation.

But the natural environment is too harsh. In addition to typhoons and tsunamis, there are more diseases caused by the environment, which are huge threats to humans.

Compared with East India, southern Africa is better. Even Bechuanaland, which has the worst conditions, has become a granary of prosperity after decades of transformation by southern Africans. Now southern Africans understand why East India is so backward.

It has a lot to do with natural conditions.

Of course, this is only for small islands. For large islands like Borneo with an area of ​​hundreds of thousands of square kilometers, the conditions are quite good. At least you don’t have to worry too much about typhoons.

Angel didn't want to hide and seek with the Japanese in the Philippines. She wanted to avoid street fighting with the Japanese in Manitoba. The Allied forces were equipped with a large number of heavy weapons, which gave them a greater advantage when fighting in the wild. Once they entered the city, tanks were on the streets.

They can't make a U-turn, there are too many restrictions.

This is good now. The Allies are in a posture to attack Manila, and the Japanese have to defend. The main force of the Japanese army can be gathered together to complete the victory in one battle. This can reduce a lot of troubles.

The East India Army was born out of the southern African army, and even its temporary camps had a complete and layered fire defense network.

Fighting in the Philippines, the Third Division was not worried about damaging the environment. It knocked down all the trees around the temporary camp to clear the firing range for the tank crews and machine gunners. Before nightfall, the mortars began to fire illumination bombs non-stop.

, which left the Japanese troops who attacked at night with no way to hide.

The Japanese are not stupid. They know that frontal combat is no match for the Allied forces, and night fighting is the best option for the Japanese army.

The East India Force, which is responsible for logistics in Southern Africa, is even more luxurious than the Southern African Defense Force. If there is a little disturbance around the temporary camp, it will be bombarded by mortars or tanks immediately. Anyway, you don’t have to spend money on the shells.

Money, whatever you want.

The Japanese, who have been fighting in the East Asian battlefield for decades, have never seen such a formation. Since the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese have fought against foreign powers, and the only truly tough battle they have fought is the Russo-Japanese War.

The Japanese nominally won the Russo-Japanese War. In fact, more than 80,000 Japanese died in the Russo-Japanese War, twice as many as the Russians.

The firepower of the East Indian troops in 1942 was significantly greater than that of the Russians in 1904.

Compared with the Japanese army in 1904, the firepower intensity of the Japanese army in 1942 was not substantially improved.

If we fight like this, the outcome of the battle can be imagined.

In the second half of the night, there was another strong storm, which greatly limited the effectiveness of the flares. The Japanese finally found an opportunity.

The East Indian troops were already prepared. The Japanese attack had just begun. The lights of all tanks and cars were turned on at the same time. The searchlights powered by generators were not affected by the storm. The machine gunners hiding in the tanks were very happy. They ignored the machine guns.

The barrel of his gun was already red from the continuous firing, and he fired desperately at the attacking Japanese troops.

The Japanese soldiers who were completely brainwashed by the Bushido spirit fell into madness. The sight conditions were very poor on a rainy night. The Japanese soldiers who launched a pig attack at the beginning of the battle did not care at all about the number of casualties. They held their bayonets straight and howled.

They screamed and rushed towards the temporary camp of the Third Division, imagining that the East Indian Army would be like their previous opponents, and would completely collapse as soon as they fell into hand-to-hand combat.

This is also a fact. Since the beginning of the Sino-Japanese War, the morale of the Japanese opponents will collapse quickly after the Japanese army initiates hand-to-hand combat. Whether it is the Huai Army or the Indians, they perform well when shooting against the Japanese army. Once they fall into hand-to-hand combat,

It will collapse quickly.

The firepower intensity of the East Indian Army was more than one level higher than that of all previous opponents of the Japanese army.

The pig attack is essentially a human sea offensive, which was completely eliminated in the last world war.

The Japanese have not experienced the Battle of the Somme, nor have they experienced Verdun. They seem to have no idea what kind of firepower network a five-meter machine gun can create. The semi-automatic rifles equipped by East Indian soldiers actually have the same firepower as light machine guns.

Not much different, the two semi-automatic rifles actually play similar roles to light machine guns.

As a result, the attacking Japanese army suffered a complete tragedy.

The battle lasted less than an hour.

Because the heavy rain only lasted an hour.

An hour later, the Japanese army took the initiative to stop the attack. By this time, the temporary camp was already densely covered with corpses of Japanese soldiers. There were corpses of Japanese soldiers at some key points, which were nearly two meters high.

This is similar to Jingguan.